DantoTheDumbo

What's in a name?

2006-06-01T13:51:00.000-07:00

Lots! You can get your English name converted to Chinese here. Or you can get a name generated based on the country you come from.

Danto is King

2006-05-12T02:38:00.000-07:00

Arthur Danto

2006-04-30T14:42:00.000-07:00

Why am I linking to this video? Well. take a wild guess.

Rang De Basanti

2006-04-27T13:31:00.000-07:00

Saw the DVD of Aamir Khan's Rang De Basanti. Kinda liked it. Especially the ending, which most of my friends did not like.

Time 16 July 1965

2006-02-06T14:08:00.000-08:00

The Time magazine cover on the day I was born!

Annabelle wants a new doll

2006-01-05T03:27:00.000-08:00

But all attempts by my daughter to get me to buy one failed...

Apparently someone...

2005-09-15T15:08:00.000-07:00

mumbles danto in her sleep!

A photo just in...

2005-09-15T15:00:00.000-07:00

Former Pune Mid-Day colleague Kanchan Apte sent in this photograph of her son Aditya.

Stressed out?

2005-06-05T06:52:00.000-07:00

The new way to make sense of a frantic world is to be sightless for a weekend. Katy Weitz went to a smart country retreat with her eyes wide shut...

Or check out Mayo Clinic's way

Prem's farewell

2005-05-07T04:14:00.000-07:00

Prem Panicker was in Mumbai recently. He is now back in New York

Mauritius

2005-04-27T13:09:00.000-07:00

Mauritius
Originally uploaded by Danto.

The Hotel Maritim jetty. The Indian media team stayed at the hotel during Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh trip to Mauritius
Photograph by Anthony D'Costa

Webshots

2005-04-27T13:01:00.000-07:00

Have just discovered CNET's photosharing service. Will put up all my Mauritius trip photos there, in order, shortly. Now it is all in a mess on flickr.com

With the Mauritius President

2005-03-31T20:55:00.000-08:00

Sir Aneerood Jugnauth at a reception hosted by Indian High Commissioner P S Haer in honor of Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at Hotel Le Meredien in Mauritius on March 31

The photograph

Bloggers dodge US crackdown

2005-03-26T00:01:00.000-08:00

Political bloggers and online commentators narrowly avoided being slammed with a sweeping set of Internet regulations

An alarm clock that hides

2005-03-25T23:41:00.000-08:00

MIT Media Labs may have the answer for those who cannot get out of bed every morning

Want to start the Next Google?

2005-03-21T12:59:00.000-08:00

Here are five ideas!

Don't say 'blogger' to US Immigration

2005-03-20T05:26:00.000-08:00

Canadian blogger Jeremy Wright claims he was harassed and strip-searched when he told them his profession

Welcome to Amul

2005-03-19T22:41:00.000-08:00

The Utterly Butterly story

Who's forwarding all those dumb e-mail jokes?

2005-03-19T11:12:00.000-08:00

More than half of us

Google Gmail accounts are bottomless barrels

2005-03-19T10:47:00.000-08:00

Users with full accounts get nervous

12 tips to treat colds and flu the natural way

2005-03-17T12:14:00.000-08:00

WebMD went to Charles B Inlander, president of The People's Medical Society, for some home remedies that may speed your recovery, and help you feel better along the way

How one company fakes out caller ID

2005-02-21T11:30:00.000-08:00

The number was 11111111111, which doesn't go anywhere if you try to call it back

Orange owns orange?

2005-02-21T11:14:00.000-08:00

This is really wild. As a color, orange could one day become the legal property of Orange, the British mobile phone company, according to the The New York Times

Israeli breakthrough enables cell phone recording

2005-02-21T11:08:00.000-08:00

Imagine this scenario: you are rushing somewhere in your car when your boss calls on your cellphone. 'Can you meet me on the corner of 5th and Main in 10 minutes and bring the Webber files, the diskette of the accounts, and the folder on the left side of my desk?'

Mediaah!

2005-01-25T12:04:00.000-08:00

Nice to know that Pradyuman Maheshwari's media blog is back
UPDATE: It has been shut down again!

Lights, camera, action!

2005-01-25T11:49:00.000-08:00

I have turned into a hotshot photographer. You can check out my photographs at www.flickr.com/photos/danto

And this is Craig...

2005-01-16T17:27:00.000-08:00

Craig 002
Originally uploaded by Danto.

My son upto some mischief with his toy mobile phone

My wife Belasia

2005-01-16T11:24:00.000-08:00

Belasia 001
Originally uploaded by Danto.

The second photograph I have got uploaded through Flickr!

Anna's doll

2005-01-16T11:18:00.000-08:00

Anna-Doll
Originally uploaded by Danto.

This photograph was taken with my digital camera which I finally got down to using nearly two years after purchasing it

Refresh your inbox

2005-01-08T05:40:00.000-08:00

If your account is full after your return to work this week, follow Mary Branscombe's tips on how to stay on top of email overload

Danto is...

2005-01-02T11:49:00.000-08:00

... a font!

Rome's next choice?

2005-01-02T10:11:00.000-08:00

Arch-conservative Cardinal Ratzinger emerges as a possible successor to Pope John Paul II

Welcome, 2005

2005-01-02T09:54:00.000-08:00

Two trucks loaded with thousands of copies of Roget's Thesaurus collided as they left a New York publishing house last Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

Witnesses were aghast, amazed, astonished, astounded, bemused, benumbed, bewildered, confounded, confused, dazed, dazzled, disconcerted, disoriented, dumbstruck, electrified, flabbergasted, horrified, immobilized, incredulous, nonplussed, overwhelmed, paralyzed, perplexed, scared, shocked, startled, stunned, stupified, surprised, taken aback, traumatized, upset. . . .

— Joke circulated on the Internet December 2003

Tsunamihelp

2004-12-29T08:05:00.000-08:00

News and information about resources, aid, donations and volunteer efforts

Sometimes...

2004-12-14T07:23:00.000-08:00

Photographs speak louder than words

The English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator

2004-11-16T15:48:00.000-08:00

This translator will take what you write in it and turn it into the manner a 12-year-old AOLer would write it

Girlfriend's lap pillow

2004-11-16T15:40:00.000-08:00

Just looking at the pillow made my heart race...

10 biggest brain damaging habits

2004-11-15T23:35:00.000-08:00

How to preserve you brain. If you have one, read on...

Staples reinvents the stapler

2004-11-15T03:25:00.000-08:00

Revolutionary One-Touch lives up to name

IM use 'should be monitored'

2004-11-15T03:16:00.000-08:00

Employees using it to gossip rather than work, apparently...

Top 10 Best Songs about space

2004-11-15T03:10:00.000-08:00

The numbers were close, but the Top 10 Space Songs chosen by the people are...

Company again touting weird soda flavors

2004-11-15T02:11:00.000-08:00

Anyone for Bean Casserole and Mashed Potato?

Alice, Alice, who the F*** is Alice?

2004-11-12T11:35:00.000-08:00

Try chatting with the Artificial Linguistic Internet Computer Entity. I tried and it was truly great fun!

MSN Search team blogs, admits bugs

2004-11-12T06:02:00.000-08:00

In perhaps Microsoft's quickest ever response to a product flaw, the MSN search team has apologized for intermittent errors in the beta MSN search engine launched today. The format? A new blog

Questions you must ask a reporter before you agree to be interviewed

2004-11-12T06:00:00.000-08:00

Sure it's exciting to get a call from a journalist. But before you start answering questions there are several you'd better ask. Or you could very publicly end up in very hot soup. And it will be entirely your fault

How did Yasser Arafat die?

2004-11-12T05:20:00.000-08:00

Here's one interesting conspiracy theory. The comments below the post, I suggest be printed out, and read while seated on the potty.

What's the good Word?

2004-11-12T05:08:00.000-08:00

Some handy tips while working with MS Word

The Truth Detector Watch

2004-10-28T19:06:00.000-07:00

Using built in bio-sensors, you ask the potential fibber to hold their fingers on the watch, ask them a question and depending on the bars display, they might be lying to you

Why did the skeleton not dance at the party?

2004-10-25T23:17:00.000-07:00

Because there was no body to dance with
:)

2004 Best Blogs

2004-10-25T23:15:00.000-07:00

Politics & Elections Readers' Choice Awards, organized
by The Washington Post

Interesting new blog

2004-10-21T14:35:00.000-07:00

Regret the error

Plan to quit your job?

2004-10-18T04:15:00.000-07:00

Sing this song!

10 things I hate in a website

2004-10-18T04:13:00.000-07:00

I wonder if some people create and publish Websites for the sole purpose of tormenting their visitors

No doubt about it, the guy was funny

2004-10-06T00:32:00.000-07:00

When I was a kid I got no respect. The time I was kidnapped, and the kidnappers sent my parents a note in which they said, 'We want five thousand dollars or you'll see your kid again.'

-- Rodney Dangerfield

The world's largest dice collection

2004-10-04T23:05:00.000-07:00

Who would have thought that there are so many types of dice?
[Link via J-Walk Blog, via Idle Type]

Where's that noise coming from?

2004-09-15T12:52:00.000-07:00

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has completed a noise map of London! This is the first step towards compiling a nationwide map of the noisiest parts of the country.
(The Big Smoker)

If a similar map is compiled in Mumbai, I am sure the rediff.com office will be one of the noisiest places!

The world's shortest blog?

2004-09-12T06:39:00.000-07:00

Just One Question...
"How many times have you been arrested, Mr. President?"

BetaVote.com

2004-09-07T13:52:00.000-07:00

What if the whole world could vote in the US presidential election?
(Thanks to Prithvi for the link)

Go to the bathroom once a year

2004-09-04T14:01:00.000-07:00

You can with this new pill

India's 10 most indispensable people

2004-09-04T07:15:00.000-07:00

1) Sachin Tendulkar
2) Sachin Tendulkar
3) Sachin Tendulkar
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) Sachin Tendulkar
6) Sachin Tendulkar
7) Sachin Tendulkar
8) Sachin Tendulkar
9) Sachin Tendulkar
10) Sachin Tendulkar

Miss Management: Office Gossip

2004-09-02T12:29:00.000-07:00

Each week, Inc staff writer Nadine Heintz will help you tackle office etiquette problems both big and small

Wireless carrier will harrass friends if you’re a deadbeat

2004-08-31T16:02:00.000-07:00

Manish Jethani discovered that Hutch had been calling up the numbers of people he had recently contacted, asking for information about where he was and requesting that he pay his bill

Let the music play on, play on, play on...

2004-08-26T11:40:00.000-07:00

Superb photograph by squarewithin

Anjum Nair

2004-08-26T03:23:00.000-07:00

Tributes:1, 2, 3, 4, 5...

McHappy 25th anniversary

2004-08-23T16:08:00.000-07:00

Happy Meals are served at 31,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries and have made McDonald's the world's biggest distributor of toys

Computer turns life into cartoons

2004-08-22T10:48:00.000-07:00

Highlighting key figures makes animation from video

Advice for blog software vendors

2004-08-22T07:33:00.000-07:00

Two pieces of free advice for MovableType, TypePad, Blogger, LiveJournal et al

Nintendo controller hot pant

2004-08-22T06:30:00.000-07:00

The grey hot pants have the controller on the front and the logo across the back in red; 95 percent cotton; 5 percent spandex. Hand wash cold. Hang dry. Imported

PS: Sorry, sold out!

Take the psychopath test

2004-08-21T10:31:00.000-07:00

A new study has found that the colleague sitting at the desk next to you could well be an 'office psychopath'

Graphic designer fired after heckling Bush

2004-08-21T09:51:00.000-07:00

'I was told that my actions reflected badly on the company and that a client was upset,' Glen Hiller said.
God Bless America!

Convention chaos

2004-08-21T09:39:00.000-07:00

A day by day guide to help stop you from being am-Bush-ed

Solar-powered toothpasteless toothbrush

2004-08-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

Bite into a bright and sunny day, everyday?

Chicago Tribune columnist stops column for blog

2004-08-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

According to Cyberjournalist, Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn has stopped writing his column so he can devote more time to his blog

10 features for a perfect browser

2004-08-20T13:44:00.000-07:00

There are some great browsers out there. But they all seem to have some slight niggles, different for each, that make it hard to kick back and enjoy them

Whom do you work for? 8 types of bosses

2004-08-20T13:01:00.000-07:00

Key to survival is right attitude, language, behavior

Booze it up without drinking

2004-08-20T03:19:00.000-07:00

A machine that combines alcohol and oxygen to create an inhalable alcoholic mist is set to debut in New York City

Total TV

2004-08-19T09:25:00.000-07:00

My former boss, Vinod Mehta, is planning a 24-hour Delhi-centric infotainment channel

Feel free to explore other browsers

2004-08-17T12:06:00.000-07:00

Microsoft has been able to achieve browser dominance, but it is demonstrably not because of any technical superiority

The Internet is now the internet

2004-08-16T14:01:00.000-07:00

Effective with this sentence, Wired News will no longer capitalize the 'I' in internet.
At the same time, Web becomes web and Net becomes net

Your photocopier has a virus

2004-08-12T13:02:00.000-07:00

No, thank you, my office photocopier is fine. Methinks my office printer has a virus

How to add a cigarette lighter to your PC

2004-08-10T19:28:00.000-07:00

Prithviraj Hegde and Gang, please to note! And here's another cig lighter!

The Phonesafe

2004-08-07T13:56:00.000-07:00

Someone found an even geekier way to carry your cellphone around than in a holster attached to your belt

Are you annoying?

2004-07-26T13:36:00.000-07:00

Irritating behavior not only annoys co-workers, but can compromise your effectiveness and derail your career

Finally, a mention of...

2004-07-26T13:22:00.000-07:00

rediffmail's 1GB e-mail storage offering gets a mention on Slashdot but not in the original article in flexbeta, which compares e-mail services offering 1GB...

July 16 has come and gone, but...

2004-07-26T13:04:00.000-07:00

Anyone kind enough to gift me this?

Nickelodeon to urge kids to play outside

2004-07-25T19:42:00.000-07:00

Turn off the television set and go outside! Kids hear that from parents all the time. Now, improbably, they'll hear it from a television network. A three-hour turn-off is planned for October 2

Weblogs can lead to woes at work

2004-07-25T19:30:00.000-07:00

Employees who keep online diaries often don't realize what they type can get them fired

My tombstone is ready...

2004-07-25T00:56:00.000-07:00

Have you prepared yours? Now, you can do it online, for free!

Life after Page 3

2004-07-24T23:11:00.000-07:00

Simi Chandoke used to always call me a Bitch. Well, I never knew she was known as a Superbitch! It was always fun reading Simi's columns. As it is always fun reading about Simi.

If you have no work to do...

2004-07-20T14:10:00.000-07:00

Play this totally crazy game of golf online [via kunal.org]

The Morning News Non-Expert

2004-07-18T13:27:00.000-07:00

Everyone in my office is coughing and sneezing, how do I avoid getting sick?

Touch me knot T-shirts

2004-07-18T12:22:00.000-07:00

Now, Braille tops! Some guys are sure gonna have fun!
(Link courtesy: newyorkish.com)

Chindu needs a home

2004-07-18T12:00:00.000-07:00

My great friend is surely in trouble. May the Good Lord and the Queen (yes, both) help him

Vote for John Kerry?

2004-07-13T14:28:00.000-07:00

You must be kidding!

Elsie Swedberg, 5 months, at the Kerry for President rally in Duluth, Minnesota
(Credit: John Kerry for President, Inc from Sharon Farmer)

DVDs will be obsolete in 10 years: Bill Gates

2004-07-13T14:20:00.000-07:00

'When we get home, the home computer will know who we are from our voice or our face. It will know what we want to watch, our favourite programmes, or what the kids shouldn't be allowed to see'

Sita Menon's FLAVORS

2004-07-12T22:38:00.000-07:00

It is nice to see a(n) rediff.com/India Abroad staffer in the credit lines of the new movie.
Executive producer, wow!
Congrats, Sita Menon!

Lock-Cup

2004-07-12T15:26:00.000-07:00

If coworkers are so bad about stealing your coffee mug that you need a lock for it, perhaps you should
1) kill them, or
2) start putting your cup in your desk.
But if you really need to be that one guy that just has to make a point about it, the Lock-Cup with a hole pluggable only by a special key is probably a good way to go about it

I want my DishTV!

2004-07-06T13:21:00.000-07:00

Should I subscribe to India's first DTH Entertainment with more than 100 channels, or should I wait and watch out for Star TV-Tata's offering?

One-liners all

2004-07-06T12:44:00.000-07:00

Those who jump off a bridge in Paris are in Seine.
A backward poet writes inverse.
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.
A hangover is the wrath of grapes.
Does the name Pavlov ring a bell?
A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two tired.
A chicken crossing the road is poultry in motion.
With her marriage, she got a new name and a dress.
The man who fell into an upholstery machine is fully recovered.
He had a photographic memory that was never developed.
Those who get too big for their britches will be exposed in the end.
Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.

And finally...
Local Area Network in Australia: the LAN down under
(Courtesy: The Kim Komando Show)

I Don't Want My MTV!

2004-06-29T13:48:00.000-07:00

Legendary ad man George Lois, who created the I Want My MTV campaign for the network in 1982, now describes MTV as 'total garbage,' he says in the June 17-24 Time Out New York. 'When I started working for MTV, the VJs would really analyze things, and it was educational. I sometimes joke that I've helped destroy world culture.'